Hohner Combo Pianet "CH" 1963-1965 - Natural Wood Finish

I don't know much about these other than what I've been able to research. I had Detroit Amp Lab at Guitar Hi-Fi replace some capacitors and get it to power up, but it's still not functioning the way it should. Likely needs the pads replaced among other things. I know there are folks out there that love these things, and I'd hate to see it go to waste.

It's really cool, but I'm not much of a keyboard player since my primary instrument is guitar, and I just don't have the time to put into it. My tech thinks it needs $500-$600 of effort to get it working right. Includes the sustain pedal, power cord, and the service receipt from the work I've had completed. I know they sound amazing and wish I could take on the project, but my time is just too limited.

Here's what I know via Wikipedia about this particular model and other general info:

The Hohner Pianet is a type of electro-mechanical piano built by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany and designed by Ernst Zacharias. The Pianet was a variant of his earlier reed-based Hohner electric piano, the Cembalet, which, like the Pianet, was intended for home use. Hohner offered both keyboards in their range until 1968. The Pianet production consisted of two distinctly different mechanism groups with characteristically different sound. The first group, lasting from introduction to 1977, had ground stainless steel reeds, a pick-up using variable capacitance, and leather-faced activation pads. The second group from 1977 until the end of production used rolled spring-steel reeds, electro-magnetic pick-ups, and moulded silicone rubber activation pads.

The Pianet C has a case side profile with a taper towards the front. It has tapered cylindrical wooden legs that mount to the underside of the case. It has a gold hammertone painted aluminum fascia panel below the keys with a lock fitted centrally. This panel also performs the key-leveling function. The keys are injection-moulded plastic. The word 'Pianet' or 'Pianet C' appears in gold facing upward on the left hand end of the music support ledge. The ledge includes a routed recess for the bottom of the music. It has a transistorised pre-amplifier, a knee lever for volume control and optional vibrato effect.